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Circular of Information 

Examination 

and Certification of 

Teachers 



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ISSUED BY 

THE IDAHO STATE BOARD 

OF EDUCATION 

1915-16 






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>IE]\IBERS OF THE «TATE BOARD OF 
EDUCATION 

Herman J. Rossi, President Wallace 

H. Harland, Secretary Payette 

Evan Evans Grangeville 

Walter S. Bruce Boise 

r. A. Walters Caldwell 

Bernice McCoy, State Superintendent (ex- 

officio) Boise 

Edward O. Sisson, Commissioner of Edu- 
cation Boise 

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. 

COUNTY NAME ADDRESS 

Ada Miss Ivy M. Wilson Boise 

Adams Mr. J. D. Neale Council 

Bannock Miss Bertha L. Atkin Pocatello 

Bear Lake Mr. Alfred A. Hart Paris 

Benewah Miss Ruth E. Gerhart St. Maries 

Bingham Mrs. Lulah E. Smith Blackfoot 

Blaine Miss Frances Mills Hailey 

Boise Miss Helen Wilson Idaho City 

Bonner Mr. J. W. Ramsey Sandpoint 

Bonneville. .. .Miss Ella M. Miller Idaho Falls 

Boundary Miss Margaret Moore Bonners "Ferry 

Canyon Miss Z. Fay Fowler Caldwell 

Cassia Miss Mae Lowe Albion 

Clearwater . . . .Mrs. Mayme Fisher Orofino 

Custer Miss Jennie E. Kelleher Challis 

Elmore Miss Leora H. Lockman. . .Mountain Home 

Franklin Mr. Henry Simpson Preston 

Fremont Miss Harriet C. Wood St. Anthony 

Gem Miss Bessie Von Harten. Emmett 

Gooding Miss Myrtle Journey Gooding 

Idaho Mr. John J. Staley Grangeville 

Jefferson Mr. Willard S. Burton Rigby 

Kootenai Mr. R. C. Egbers Coeur dAlene 

Latah Miss Catherine T. Bryden Moscow 

Lemhi Mrs. C. A. O'Brien Salmon 

Lewis Miss Retta F. Martin Nez Perce 

Lincoln Miss Stella Cook Shoshone 

Madison Mr. A. F. Rasmussen Rexburg 

Minidoka Mrs. Ida E. Sullivan Rupert 

Nez Perce. .. .Miss Ethel E. Redfield Lewiston 

Oneida Mr. James C. Tovey Malad 

Owyhee Mrs. Margaret Hurless Silver City 

Power Miss Madge E. Whistler. . .American Falls 

Shoshone Miss Florence M. Zumhof Wallace 

Teton Mr. Ezra C. Dalby Driggs 

Twin Falls . . . Miss Bertha Noel Twin Falls 

Washington . . .Mrs. Edna Lockwood Weiser 

D. of u. 



JUL 24 1916 



GENERAL INFORMATIOX 



If you desire certification privileges in Idaho 
by indorsement, read carefully the certification 
pamphlet, and if you are able to meet its re- 
quirements, send for the formal blank. 

Since vacancies are rarely reported to this 
office, direct correspondence with the County 
and City Superintendents will result in much 
better information as to vacancies, summer 
terms of rural schools, salaries and other par- 
ticulars. 

For information concerning summer normals 
address the Lewiston Normal School (Lewis- 
ton, Idaho), the Albion Normal School (Albion, 
Idaho), the University of Idaho (Moscow, 
Idaho), the Idaho Technical Institute (Poca- 
tello, Idaho), or the State Board of Education. 

Salaries in the rural schools of the State 
range from fifty dollars to ninety-five dollars 
per month; in the grades from sixty dollars to 
one hundred dollars per month; principals' 
salaries range from nine hundred dollars to 
twenty-five hundred dollars per annum; city 
or town superintendents receive salaries rang- 
ing from twelve hundred dollars to four thou- 
sand dollars per year. 

Copies of the School Law may be procured 
from the Secretary of State, Boise, for thirty- 
five cents each; copies of the State Constitu- 
tion for twenty-five cents; copies of the Course 
of Study and Manual of Methods from the De- 
partment of Education for twenty-five cents 
(silver). 

Applicants will find Rose's Civics of Idaho, 
published and sold by Syms-York Company, 
Boise or Talkington's Political History and 
State Constitution of Idaho, sold by Thatcher 



& Kling, Lewiston, very helpful in their study 
of State Civics. Full information concerning 
the State schools of this State may be secured 
by Avriting to the heads of these schools whose 
addresses are as follows: Melvin A. Bran- 
non, President of the State University, Mos- 
cow; George H. Black. President of the Lew- 
iston State Normal, Lewiston; George A. Ax- 
line, President Albion State Normal, Albion; 
Miles F. Reed, President of the Idaho Tech- 
nical Institute, Pocatello. 



RULES AND REGnLATIONS OF THE STATE 
BOARD OF EDUCATION GOVERNING 
CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS IN 
THE STATE OF IDAHO. 

1. A fee of twenty-five cents must accom- 
pany all applications. This may be sent in 
stamps. 

2. All papers, credentials and examinations 
required for certificates by indorsement must 
be completed within three months from the 
date of making- application, otherwise appli- 
cation will be cancelled. 

3. A certified statement of graduation or 
of work done by applicant must be sent from 
the head or registrar of institution in which 
work was done. Applicant is expected to 
make the request that such certified statement 
be sent to the State Department of Education. 
Do not send diplomas. 

4. Applicant must give as reference the 
names and addresses of three or more persons 
who are familiar with his work. If without 
teaching experience, applicant must give names 
and addresses of persons who are able to tes- 
tify concerning his character and conduct, and 
probable success as a teacher. 

5. Fees for certifl'cates (see Section 96) 
must be sent direct to the State Treasurer, 
John W. Eagleson, Boise, Idaho. Do not send 
fees to the Department of Education. 

6. (a) Credit is given for work done in 
approved professional schools for teachers in 
other States. 

(b) Experienced teachers from other States 
are not required to take the six weeks' profes- 
sional course for entrance to county examina- 
tions. 

7. Credits in professional subjects covering 
a year or more of work will be accepted even 
though such work is not done during the life 



of the certificate, provided application is made 
for such privilege within two years after re- 
ceiving such credits. 

8. Applicants, who previous to applying for 
recognition by indorsement, have passed an 
examination in the Civics of Idaho and School 
Law and the Manual of the Course of Study 
are not required to pass another examination 
in these subjects; provided grades were secured 
within two (2) years of the date of applica- 
tion. 

9. Holders of va^id county certificates from 
other States will be excused from examination 
in this State in those subjects in which they 
have made a grade of ninety per cent or more 
(local subjects excepted). Certificates bearing 
such grades must be filed with county super- 
intendent before applicant enters examination. 

10. Graduates from the advanced course of 
approved State Normal Schools of other States 
who have had no experience may, with the ap- 
proval of the State Board of Education, be 
granted a Second Grade County Certificate 
without examination except in State Civics of 
Idaho and School Law, and the Manual of 
the Course of Study. This privilege is not ex- 
tended to graduates of Universities or Colleges. 

11. For specialists certificates in music, 
drawing public speaking (elocution), and phys- 
ical education, training under competent pri- 
vate instruction will be accepted in lieu of at- 
tendance at a school when evidence is sub- 
mitted to show that as a result of such train- 
ing applicant has been able to instruct suc- 
cessfully. 

12. A State Certificate secured upon exam- 
ination taken before the Board of Education 
of another State is given the same recognition 
as a diploma from an accredited institution; 
provided such State certificate ranks next to 
the Life Certificate by examination in the State 



in which Issued, and is the equivalent of an 
Idaho State Certificate. 

13. Idaho teachers who are the holders of 
First Grade County Certificates and who can 
furnish satisfactory evidence of at least five 
years' successful experience may have their 
certificates renewed without attendance at a 
professional school for teachers, provided that 
such applicants furnish satisfactory proof of 
having read not less than three standard books 
dealing with educational subjects and further 
evidence that they are subscribers and readers 
of at least one educational magazine of merit. 

14. Subjects required (a) for State Certifi- 
cate by examination: I. Educational Psy- 
chology, II. Civic and School Hygiene, III. 
English Composition; (b) for Life Diploma 
by examination: I. Sociology, II. School ad- 
ministration, III. History of Education. 

15. Advance credit for certification by 
simimer school work: Students in approved 
summer schools in the State may receive 
credit toward certification in the following 
subjects; provided that not more than six such 
credits may be granted to any student for any 
one session: 

(a) 1 reading, 2 grammar and elemen- 
tary composition, 3 arithmetic, 4 history, 
5 geography. Candidate must pass an exam- 
ination at the beginning of the summer term 
with a grade of not less than 8 5 per cent 
and complete satisfactorily the corresponding 
course in methods in the summer school. 

(b) Final credit will be given to students 
completing the corresponding course in the 
summer schools with a grade of not less than 
85 per cent in the following subjects: Idaho 
Civil Government and School Law, State Man- 
ual of the Course of Study, cataloging and use 
of school libraries, principles of teaching, edu- 



cational psychology, school administration, and 
history of education. 

16. Third Grade Certificate (combination 
of subjects). Combinations will be made in 
third grade subjects, reducing the total of ex- 
amination subjects to twelve as follows: 

(1) Orthoepy and spelling, (2) reading, (3) 
penmanship, (4) arithmetic, (5) grammar and 
elementary composition, (6) geography, (7) 
United States history, (8) Civil Government of 
the United States, (9) Idaho Civil Government 
and School Law, (10) Physiology and hygiene, 
(11) State Manual of the Elementary Course 
of Study, (12) elements of agriculture. 

17. Accredited Schools of other States: 
State Certificates by indorsement are issued to 
graduates from the advanced course (two 
years' normal work above a four years' high 
school course) of State normai schools and 
Stale teachers' colleges, and to graduates of 
an A. B. or B. S. course, of or the department 
of education of the State University of each 
State, also to graduates of similar courses or 
departments of other approved colleges or in- 
stitutions in these States, provided that appli- 
cants in each case meet the other requirements 
of the certification laws as given in this pam- 
phlet. 



EXTRACTS 
FROM STATE SCHOOL LAWS 



CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS 

Certificates Not Granted to Aliens 

Section 8 8. No person shall be granted a 
certificate or employed as teacher in any pub- 
lic school who is not a citizen of the United 
States, or who has not declared his intention 
to become such. 

Section 8 9. Examinations for all classes of 
certificates, both state and county, shall be 
held beginning the fourth Thursday in July 
and the third Thursday in November of each 
year. The examinations for each county shall 
be held in a suitable room at the county seat, 
and such examinations shall be under the 
charge of the county superintendent, and shall 
be conducted in accordance with the ruies and 
regulations of the State Board of Education. 
The questions used in these examinations shall 
be such only as are sent out under seal by 
the State Board of Education, and the ques- 
tions shall be opened on the day of examina- 
tion in the presence of those to be examined. 
The County Superintendent shall send all ex- 
amination papers of teachers to the office of 
the State Superintendent for grading in ac- 
cordance with .Section XI, Article I of this 
Act. 

STATE AND LIFE CERTIFICATES. 

Class of Certificates 

Section 90. (a) The certificates issued by 
the State Board of Education shall be State 
Certificates and Specialists' State Certificates, 
each of which shall be valid for eight (8) 
years, and State Life Certificates valid for life, 
unless revoked for cause, and State High School 
Certificates, as hereinafter provided. 



Section 90. (b) State Life Certificates and 
State Certificates shall be valid in all schools 
and grades. State Specialists' Certificates shail 
be valid in all schools and grades, but only in 
the special subjects for which they are issued. 
State High School Certificates shall be valid 
in grades from the 7th to the 12th inclusive. 
County Certificates as hereinafter provided, 
shall be valid in ali elementary schools. 

Section 90. (c) The State Board of Edu- 
cation shall have power to make rules for the 
giving of credit for successful experience in 
school work and in other ways recognizing 
equivalents for the specific requirements for 
the various certificates. Such rules shall be 
general and shall be published in a pamphlet 
issued by the said State Board of Education 
containing the statutes concerning certifica- 
tion and the regulations of the State Board. 

State Certificate by Iiulorsenieiit 

Section 91. (a) The State Board of Educa- 
tion may issue State Certificates to persons 
of good moral character who are graduates 
from the advanced course (two (2) years' nor- 
mal work above a four-year high school 
course) of State Normal Schools of other 
States, and to graduates of an A. B. or B, S. 
course, or of the department of education, in 
any college or university in other States, said 
State normal school, college or university to 
be approved by the Idaho State Board of Edu- 
cation, and to persons who hold State Life 
Certificates issued upon examination in other 
States; Provided, That axl applicants for cer- 
tificates under this Act shall have been actually 
engaged in teaching within two (2) years of 
the date of making such application and shall 
present with such application satisfactory 
proof of having been successfully engaged in 
teaching for a period of not less than eighteen 
(18) months, together with certificate of 

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graduation from such approved State normal, 
college, or university, and in addition shall 
have credit in an examination in Idaho Civil 
Government including School Law, and Idaho 
Manual of the Course of Study. Such certifi- 
cates may be renewed by the State Board of 
Education so long as the holder thereof is 
worthy, in their judgment, of continuing to 
teach in the State. 

Section 91. (b) The State Board of Edu- 
cation may issue Specialists' State Certificates, 
good only for special teachers of music, draw- 
ing, manual training, domestic science, phys- 
ical education, kindergarten, primary, com- 
mercial work, agriculture, and oral expression 
to persons of good moral character who pre- 
sent satisfactory evidence that they have com- 
pleted at least a two (2) years' course in such 
specialty in an approved college or school 
whose course of study in each specialty has 
been approved by the State Board of Educa- 
tion; Provided, That all candidates for such 
Specialists' State Certificates as above provided 
shall first present satisfactory evidence of hav- 
ing completed an academic course of a grade 
not lower than graduation from an approved 
high school before having- entered upon such 
special course of two (2) years' work; Pro- 
vided, further. That all candidates for such 
Specialists' State certificates as above provided, 
shaJ have credit in an examination on Idaho 
Civil Government, including School Law, and 
Idaho Manual of the Course of Study; Pro- 
vided, further. That such Specialists' State Cer- 
tificates shall authorize the holders to teach 
only in the special department or departments 
mentioned in said certificates. 

University of Idaho Graduates Entitled to 
Certificates. 

Section 92. Every graduate of any ap- 
proved College or University of Idaho receiv- 
ing either the degree of Bachelor of Arts or 

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Bachelor of Science, and the certificate of the 
head of the Department of Education of said 
College or University that he has completed 
the required work in said department, or in 
lieu of said certificate, has taught success- 
fully in the public schools of the State for a 
period of two (2) years, shall receive a State 
certificate from the State Board of Education, 
if in the judgment of said Board the can- 
didate is not otherwise disqualified. 

Liife Certificate by Indorsement 

Section 93. The State Board of Education 
may issue a life certificate to any person of 
good moral character who holds a life cer- 
tificate from another State of approved educa- 
tional standing when such applicant shall pre- 
sent proof that he has been successfully en- 
gaged in teaching for at least five (5) years, 
two (2) of which shall have been in the State 
of Idaho, and shall furnish satisfactory evi- 
dence of his or her ability to instruct and to 
manage any school in the State by showing 
that he is either professionally trained or 
qualified by experience to do such work; Pro- 
vided, That the candidate has credit in exami- 
nation in Idaho Civil Government including 
School Law, and Idaho Manual of Course of 
Study. 

State Certificate by Examination 

Section 94. The State Board of Education 
shall issue a State certificate to any person of 
good moral character who shall pass a thor- 
ough examination in such branches as the State 
Board of Education may direct; Provided, 
That such applicant shall present proof that 
he has been successfully engaged in teaching 
for at least three (3) years, and shall furnish 
the Board with satisfactory evidence of his 
ability to instruct and to manage any school 
within the State, and shall hold at the time a 
valid first grade county certificate. 

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Life Certificate by Examtnation 

Section 9 5. The State Board of Education 
shall issue a State life certificate to any per- 
son of good moral character who shall pass 
a thorough examination in such branches as 
the Board may direct; Provided, That the ap- 
plicant has been successfully engaged in teach- 
ing for at least five (5) years, two (2) of 
which shall have been in the State of Idaho, 
and shall furnish the Board with satisfactory 
evidence of his ability to instruct and to man- 
age any school within the State, and shall hold 
at the time a valid State certificate. 

Higli Sciiool Certificates. 

Section 9 5. (a) Candidates for all ciasses 
of high school certificates shall be required 
to have credit in examination in Idaho Civil 
Government including School Law, and in 
High School Curriculum, Methods and Organ- 
ization, including special high school condi- 
tions in Idaho. The latter examination shall 
be based upon such texts and reports as may 
be determined by the State Board of Educa- 
tion. 

State High School One Year Certificates 

Section 95. (b) Teachers' State High School 
One Year Certificates shall be issued to any 
person otherwise qualified, upon completion 
of at least two (2) years' normal school or col- 
lege work above high school grade of satisfac- 
tory character and quality; the course entitling 
an applicant to such certificate must include 
at least two (2) full semesters of professional 
work for teachers. Certificates granted under 
this section may be renewed for a term of ,two 
(2) years by filing with the State Board of 
Education satisfactory evidence of not less 
than eight (8) months' successful teaching. 

State High School Five- Year Certificates 

Section 95, (c) Teacher's State High School 
Five-year Certificates shall be issued to any 

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person otherwise qualified and applying there- 
for upon graduation from any approved college 
or university, who submits satisfactory evi- 
dence of not les3 than fourteen (14) months' 
successful experience, or upon completion of 
not less than two (2) years' normal school or 
college work above high school grade and not 
less than thirty (3 0) months' successful ex- 
perience; Provided, That the above mentioned 
coLege, University or Normal School work shall 
include at least three (3) full semesters of 
professional work for teachers. 

Slate High School liile Certificates 

Section 95. (d) Teacher's State High School 
Life Certificates may be issued to any person 
otherwise qualified applying therefor, upon 
graduation from an approved college or univer- 
sity, including at least four (4) fuil semesters' 
work in professional courses for teachers, and 
upon satisfactory evidence being given of at 
least twenty-one (21) months' successful ex- 
perience; or to the holder of a State High 
School Five-year Certificate, with at least five 
(5) years' successful experience, aggregating 
not less than forty (40) months. 

Fees for Certificates 

Section 9 6. The following fees are to be 
paid by persons receiving certificates in ac- 
cordance with this Act, and said fees shall 
be paid to the State Treasurer whose receipt 
therefor must be filed in the office of the 
State Board of Education before the certificate 
is issued. 

For State . Life Certificate, or State High 
School Life Certificate, .$10.00. 

For State Certificate, Specialist's Certificate 
or State Five-year High Schooi Certificate, or 
for renewal of any of the above, $5.00. 

For State One-year High School Certificate 
or renewal of same, $2,00. 

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All fees paid as provided above shall be de- 
posited In the State Treasury and credited to 
the Teachers' Certification Fund and all money 
now placed to the credit of the State Board of 
Education Fund is hereby transferred to the 
Teachers' Certification Fund. The Teachers' 
Certification Fund and all moneys existing 
therein at any time is hereby appropriated 
for use by the State Board of Education in 
defraying any and all expenses incurred by 
said board in carrying out the provisions of 
this Act relating to the certification of teach- 
ers. 

Revocation of State and of State Life Certifi- 
cates 

Section 9 7. The State Board of Education 
sha.l have power to revoke any State or State 
Life Certificate for any cause of disqualifica- 
tion which would have been sufficient ground 
for refusing to issue the same had the cause 
existed or been known at the time of its issue; 
Provided, That before revoking any such cer- 
tificate, the holder thereof shall have at least 
thirty (30) days' notice to appear before the 
State Board of Education and show cause why 
such revocation should not be made. 

Record of Certificates and Grades 

Section 98. (a) That State Board of Edu- 
cation shall keep a record of all State and 
State Life Certificates granted or revoked, 
showing to whom issued, age of grantee, date 
of issue, grade of each certificate, and if re- 
voked, the date and reason therefor. 

Section 98. (b) A record shall be kept of 
all grades ten (10) per cent., above passing 
grade of all candidates for certificates who fail 
to obtain such certificates. At any time within 
twelve (12) months from the date of the ex- 
amination at which such grades were attained, 
the candidate may again be examined for a 
certificate and receive credit for such, grades. 

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After twelve (12) months such grades shall 
be cancelled and cease to have validity. 

Section 98. (c) The State Board of Edu- 
cation shall have power to make rules for the 
recording upon any certificate of a statement 
of special training or other experience con- 
cerning which the holder has filed evidence 
in various lines of educational work in which 
he is specially prepared to instruct or direct. 

COUNTY CERTIFICATES 

Grades of Certificates 

Section 9 9. The certificates issued by the 
county superintendents in accordance with 
Section 12 Article 1 and with Sections 88 and 
8 9 of this Article shall be of three (3) grades, 
valid in the counties in which they are issued 
for the term hereinafter specified, unless sooner 
revoked: 

First grade, five (5) years from the date 
thereof. 

Second grade, three (3) years from the date 
thereof. 

Third grade, one (1) year from the date 
thereof. 

Provided: That county certificates of all 
grades shall be g-ood in any county in the 
State for the same period by the holder there- 
of filing a certified copy of the same with the 
county superintendent in the county in which 
he desires to teach. 

General Requirements 

Section lOD. The County Superintendents 
shall grant certificates in such form as the 
State Board of Education shall prescribe, to 
those persons only who shall have attained the 
age of eighteen (18) years, who are of good 
moral character, and who, if the applicant has 
taught, shall have proved his ability to govern 
and to instruct a school. 

Each applicant for a county certificate shall 
pay to the County Superintendent the sum of 

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One Dollar ($1.00), the same deposited in the 
County Treasury to the credit of the Institute 
Fund to be used in the institute work in ad- 
dition to the regular appropriation. 

The County Superintendent, upon issuing 
county certificates in accordance with the re- 
port of the State Board of Education as pro- 
vided in Section 13. Article 1, shad collect and 
forward to the State Treasurer for deposit in 
the Teachers' Certification Fund the sum of 
Three Dollars ($3.00) for each first grade 
teacher's certifica-te; the sum of Two Dollars 
($2.00) for each second grade teacher's cer- 
tificate, and One Dollar ($1.00) for each third 
grade teacher's certificate issued. No certifi- 
cate shall be issued unless the applicant shall 
attain a general average of eighty-five (85) 
per cent., with no subject below seventy-five 
(75) per cent. 

After May 1, 1914, no person shall be grant- 
ed a certificate who has not completed at 
least one (1) year of school work in a stand- 
ard high school or its equivalent, and after 
May 1, 1915, no person shall be granted a cer- 
tificate who has not completed at least two 
(2) years of high school work or its equivalent, 
and after May 1, 1917, no person shall be 
granted a certificate who has not completed 
four (4) years of high school work or its 
equivalent; Provided: That this requirement 
shall not app.y to anyone who has taught at 
least eight (8) school months before May 1, 
1914, and Provided, further: That the State 
Board of Education may make such temporary 
modifications of the requirements of this sec- 
tion as may be necessary to supply the schools 
with teachers. 

Third Grade Certificates 

Section 101. (a) Every applicant for a 
third grade certificate shall be examined in 
orthoepy, spelling, reading, penmanship, arith- 
metic, elementary composition, grammar, geog- 

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raphy, history of the United States, the civil 
government of the United States, and of the 
State of Idaho, physiology and hygiene with 
special reference to the effects of stimulants 
and narcotics upon the human system, school 
law, the manual of the elementary course 
of study for the common schools of Idaho, and 
the elements of agriculture; and in addition 
to passing examinations in the aforesaid 
branches he shall have attended a professional 
school for teachers for at least six (6) weeks 
and shall have received in such school stand- 
ings in the School Laws of Idaho, in school 
management, and in the methods of teaching 
reading and language, arithmetic, history and 
geography; Provided, however: That the pro- 
visions of this section relative to attendance at 
professional schools for teachers shall not 
apply to persons who have taught successfully 
for at least eight (8) months prior to July 1, 
1911. 

Section 101. (b) In this Act "Professional 
School for Teachers" shall mean a state nor- 
mal school, a state summer normal school for 
teachers, the department of education in the 
State University, or, in counties remote from a 
state normal school or state summer normal 
school for teachers, a teachers' normal insti- 
tute maintained under such conditions and re- 
strictions as may be provided by the State 
Board of Education; Provided: That such in- 
stitute shall be taught by at least two (2) 
teachers and be of not less duration than six 
(6) weeks and shall receive in connection 
therewith a model or a practice school. 

Section 101. (c) A third grade certificate 
shall entitle the holder to teach for such pe- 
riod, not more than one (1) year, as may be 
specified therein, in the county in which the 
certificate is issued. A third grade certificate 
may be renewed if the holder shall during the 
life of the certificate, attend a professional 
school for teachers for a period of not less 

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than six (6) weeks and shall receive in such 
school credits in at least two (2) subjects. The 
holder of a third grade certificate may also 
renew the same by passing- an examination in 
all the subjects required for a third grade cer- 
tificate. Not more than three (3) third grade 
certificates shall be granted after July 1, 1911, 
to the same person. 

Section 102. (a) An applicant to receive 
a second grade certificate shall have taught 
successfully in the public schools for at least 
seven (7) months and shall pass a satisfactory 
examination in all the branches required for 
a third grade certificate, and, in addition, in 
physical geography, American literature, Eng- 
lish composition, and in the cataloging and 
the use of school libraries. The County Super- 
intendent may transfer the standing of a third 
grade certificate in force to a second grade 
certificate if the holder of such third grade 
certificate has taught a school successfully for 
at least seven (7) months and has attended, 
since receiving such third grade certificate, a 
professional school for teachers for at least 
six (6) weeks and received credits in at least 
two (2) subjects of Normal School or Univer- 
sity grade. 

Section 102. (b) Such second grade cer- 
tificate may also be renewed without exam- 
ination provided the holder thereof has taught 
successfully for not less than fourteen (14) 
months during the life of such certificate and 
has attended a professional school for teach- 
ers at least six (6) weeks and received credits 
in at least two (2) subjects. Not more than 
two (2) second grade certificates shall be 
granted after July 1, 1911, to the same person. 

First Grade Certificates 

Section 103. (a) An applicant to receive a 
first grade certificate shall have taught suc- 
cessfully for at least seven (7) months in the 
public schools and shall pass a satisfactory ex- 

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amination in all the branches required for a 
second grade certificate and m addition in 
English literature, principles of teaching, al- 
gebra, physics or botany, and mediaeval and 
modern or English history. The county su- 
perintendent may transfer the standings of a 
second grade certificate in force to a first 
grade certificate if the holder of such second 
grade certificate has taught a school success- 
fully for at least seven (7) months and has 
attended, since receiving such second grade 
certificate, a professional school for teachers 
for at least six (6) weeks and received credits 
in at least four (4) subjects. 

Section 103. (b) A first grade certificate 
may be renewed once by the county superin- 
tendent provided the holder has taught suc- 
cessfully for a period of twenty-one (21) 
months and has done eighteen (18) weeks 
professional work in a professional school, 
and received credits in such work. 

Section 105. Whenever the supply of le- 
gally qualified teachers in any county has been 
exhausted the county superintendent, with the 
approval of the State Superintendent, may. en- 
dorse the certificates or diplomas of teachers 
from other counties or other States by writing 
thereon "Good until the next regular examina- 
tion to be held on .i " ' l^'li" ' ' + 

The teacher holding such permit shall not 
teach thereon after the next regular examina- 
tion nor shall a second permit be issued to the 
same person within three (3) years of the is- 
suance of the aforesaid first permit. A record 
of all permits shall be preserved in the office 
of the State Superintendent. 

Revocation of Teachers' Certificates 

Section 106. The County Superintendent 
shall have power to revoke any county certi- 
ficate for neglect of duty, for incompetency to 
instruct and govern a school, for immorality or 
for any cause which should have been sut- 

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ficient ground for refusing to issue the same, 
had tlie cause existed or been known at the 
time of its issue; Provided: That no certificate 
shall be revoked or annulled without a per- 
sonal hearing, unless the holder thereof shall, 
after thirty (30) days' notice, neglect or re- 
fuse to appear before the Superintendent for 
that purpose; Provided, further: The said 
teacher shall have the right to appeal to the 
State Board of Education, whose decision shall 
be final; Provided, further: That it shall be 
the right of any citizen to bring to the atten- 
tion of the State Board of Education any case 
in which the County Superintendent shall neg- 
lect or refuse to revoke a certificate when 
cognizant of the facts in the case, and it shall 
be the duty of the State Board of Education, 
through its executive officer, to investigate the 
charges, and if proved true in accordance 
with the reasons set forth in this section, then 
the State Board of Education is empowered 
to revoke the certificate in question. 

Record of Certificates 

Section 107. The County Superintendent 
shall keep a record of all certificates granted 
or revoked, showing to whom issued, age of 
grantee, date of issue, grade and duration of 
each certificate, and if revoked, the date and 
reas-in therefor. 



Statement of Certification of Graduates of the 

Courses Offered by the Albion State 

Normal School 

The Albion State Normal School offers the 
following courses: 

A rural teachers' training course of one year 
open to graduates of the eighth grade and 
leading to a five-year certificate good in rural 
schools of Idaho. 

A secondary course of three years above the 



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eighth grade, leading to a five-year certificate 
good in any school in the State. 

A life diploma course of six years above the 
eighth grade, and two years above the four- 
year accredited high school course, leading to 
a life diploma good in any school in the State. 

A primary specialist certificate course open 
to graduates of the accredited high school 
covirse, leading to a five-year certificate good 
in primary grades of the schools of Idaho. 

A primary specialist course of two years 
above the four-year accredited high school 
course, leading to a life diploma good in an.- 
primary grade in Idaho. 

A kindergarten training course of two years 
above the accredited high school course, lead- 
ing to a life diploma good in Idaho. 

A domestic science teachers' training course 
of two years above the high school, leading to 
a life diploma good for the teaching of domes- 
tic science in the schools of Idaho. 

A manual training teachers' training course 
of two years above the four-year accredited 
high school course, leading to a life diploma 
good for the teaching of manual training in 
any school in the State. 

In addition to the above courses we have 
heretofore had an elementary certificate 
course of one year above the eighth grade 
leading to a certificate good for one year en- 
titling the holder to teach in any school In the 
State for that length of time. This will be 
abandoned after June, 1910. 

We also have a six weeks' training course 
given three times during the school year for 
the purpose of preparing teachers to take the 
county examination and to give them profes- 
sional work which is required by the school 
laws. 



statement of Certification of Graduates of the 

Courses Offered by the LeAAiston State 

Normal Scliool 

This institution issues upon graduation a 
diploma which is a Life Certificate in the 
State of Idaho, and In addition to the life cer- 
tificate, we grant first grade certificates as 
follows; 

First. A regular first grade certificate 
written for five years and renewable to all who 
have completed a four years' course in an ap- 
proved high school, and who, in addition there- 
to, have finished one year of our professional 
course. 

Second. A first grade rural certificate is 
granted to all who have completed ninth grade 
work, and who, in addition thereto, have fin- 
ished a full year's work in this institution in 
the special course for rural teachers. 

In addition to the above certificates, we also 
grant specialists' certificates. These special- 
ist certificates are equivalent to life certifi- 
cates in effect, and are granted to all who 
have completed four years of the regular ap- 
proved high school course, and who in addi- 
tion thereto, have spent two years in this in- 
stitution and have completed our two years' 
course of training for specialists in domestic 
science, manual training, music, physical edu- 
cation, drawing, etc. 



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